engineers

The Desire To Reduce Shipyard Production Manhours
Leads Avondale To Production-Line Ship Construction
During World War II, ships were
built in the United States at a rate
which may well have been the
most productive in terms of ships
per day being produced that has
ever been accomplished.

The United States Coast Guard
(USCG) has reduced maintenance costs
by minimizing the time spent on ship
bottom refurbishing, with the help of E
Paint Company of East Falmouth, Mass.
E Paint SN-I coating provides USCG
vessels with well-balanced

Crowley's latest ship assist and escort tug renamed
Response was christened August 2 in Elliott Bay.
Deicy Mathur, wife of Anil Mathur, President of
the Alaska Tanker Company, LLC, performed the
christening ceremony aboard Response. A team of
Crowley

The first months of my tenure as Secretary-
General of the international Maritime
Organization have seen an extremely busy
and productive period at the International
Maritime Organization (IMO). and in this yearbook I
am grateful for the opportunity

New York — September 27-28
The New York Metropolitan
Section of The Society of Naval
Architects and Marine Engineers,
in conjunction with the SNAME T
& R Ship Production Committee,
will present its Third International
Symposium, "Maritime Innovation—
Practical Approaches
'84,

Peterson Builders, Inc. (PBI) of
Sturgeon Bay, Wis., has signed a
three-year cooperative agreement
with the U.S. Navy to become the
Lead Yard in Industrial Processes
in the National Shipbuilding Research
Program (NSRP). James
Rogness of PBI Industrial

Scholarships in both the graduate
and undergraduate levels are again
being provided by The Society of
Naval Architects and Marine Engineers
to encourage men and women
to pursue studies in naval architecture
and marine engineering, or
closely related fields.

The quarterly meeting of the
American Society of Naval Engineers,
Southern New England
Section, was held recently in New
London, Conn. Capt. Don Kern,
USN (ret.), chairman of the Section,
presided over the meeting.
The large-scale ocean transportation
of

The first meeting of the 86-87 season
for the New York Metropolitan
Section of The Society of Naval
Architects and Marine Engineers
heard a paper titled "Conversion of
San Clemente Class Tankers to
Hospital Ships for the U.S. Navy,"
by Alan R.